We tie our judges' hands with "mandatory, minimum sentences" that condemn mothers to 5 years of separation from their desperately missed kids because they have sold $500 worth of cocaine because they had no other way to pay the rent or pay their kids' medical or dental expenses-- and what happens to the kids from such broken families?
How did we create such a dispiriting world--then and now? What have we done to relieve suffering, "to act justly, love mercy, walk humbly with God"? What have we become?
Kelly is probing basic questions about the meaning of life. Personally, I'd like to see this timely and timeless book in every parochial school in America. I hope that progressive teachers in public high schools and colleges will recommend this book to their students. This is America's own Diary of Anne Frank. This is our mirror now.
Gary Corseri has published articles, fiction, poetry and dramas at hundreds of venues worldwide, including Opednews and The New York Times. He has published novels and collections of poetry, edited the Manifestations anthology, and his dramas have been produced on PBS-Atlanta and elsewhere. He has taught at US public schools and prisons and US and Japanese universities. He has performed his work at the Carter Presidential Library. Contact: Email address removed.
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